--- a/src/INSTALL
+++ b/src/INSTALL
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@
directories, and you probably want this indexed. One possible
solution is to have .* in skippedNames, and add things like
~/.thunderbird or ~/.evolution in topdirs.
+
+ Not even the file names are indexed for patterns in this list. See
+ the recoll_noindex variable in mimemap for an alternative approach
+ which indexes the file names.
skippedPaths and daemSkippedPaths
@@ -487,13 +491,13 @@
mimemap also has a recoll_noindex variable which is a list of suffixes.
Matching files will be skipped (which avoids unnecessary decompressions or
file executions). This is partially redundant with skippedNames in the
- main configuration file, with two differences: it will not affect
- directories, and it cannot be made dependant on the file-system location
- (it is a configuration-wide parameter). You could accomplish with
- skippedNames anything that recoll_noindex does. The latter is used mostly
- for things known to be unindexable by a given Recoll version. Having it
- there avoids cluttering the more user-oriented and locally customized
- skippedNames.
+ main configuration file, with a few differences: it will not affect
+ directories, it cannot be made dependant on the file-system location (it
+ is a configuration-wide parameter), and the file names will still be
+ indexed (not even the file names are indexed for patterns in skippedNames.
+ recoll_noindex is used mostly for things known to be unindexable by a
+ given Recoll version. Having it there avoids cluttering the more
+ user-oriented and locally customized skippedNames.
5.4.3. The mimeconf file